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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2018
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Joel W. Kleckler, Rockton, IL (US);
Bidhan Dam, Zeeland, MI (US);
Woodward, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine combustor assembly includes: a primary combustion chamber in fluid communication with a primary fuel outlet of a primary fuel injector; a torch igniter coupled to the primary combustion chamber, the torch igniter including an auxiliary combustion chamber and an auxiliary fuel injector having an auxiliary fuel outlet in fluid communication with the auxiliary combustion chamber; and a fuel circuit including a first supply flowpath between a fuel inlet and the primary fuel injector, a second supply flowpath between the fuel inlet and the auxiliary fuel injector, and a bypass flowpath between the auxiliary fuel injector and the primary fuel injector.